Price $80,297 trades above every cost-basis gate — an unambiguous uptrend. Structurally healthy.
| Gate | Level | Spot vs gate |
|---|---|---|
| LTH cost basis | $49,464 | +62.3% above |
| Realized Price | $53,016 | +51.5% above |
| STH cost basis | $69,945 | +14.8% above |
| True Market Mean | $76,260 | +5.3% above |
model net +0.32 ← MVRV-Z +0.51·5%, STH/LTH Realized +0.00·3%
model net -0.22 ← VaR/CVaR -0.80·5%, Jump Diffusion -0.10·4%, GARCH Vol -0.03·7%, Crash Signal +0.00·3%
Price is soft (-36% below ATH), but smart money is accumulating beneath it — long-term holders net-flat (-439,985 net over 30d), coins leaving exchanges (+1,298 BTC/day net withdrawal), model on-chain net +0.32. Coins are moving to strong hands: the transfer that clusters near cycle lows. It doesn't call the low, and it's not the model's buy signal yet — it's the footprint that tends to precede one.
Options market is call-heavy (0.54) — downside hedges are cheap and expiring; options desks aren't positioned for a crash. This is a live read of Deribit put/call open interest — current sentiment color, NOT a backtested model input (options history isn't freely available to validate it as a signal).
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The full model composite is -0.02 → WAIT IN STABLES (CAPITAL PRESERVATION, 80% confidence) — its structural signals (valuation, regime, mining, macro) are balanced. But of the three near-term confirmation lenses shown here (a subset of the model), 2 read constructive and 1 cautionary: the near-term picture is also firming.
This page was written on 2026-08-28 and has not been edited since. The model's full daily call history, including the days it was wrong, is on the call ledger.